meath

See also: Meath and meath-

English

Noun

meath

  1. Obsolete form of mead (“the drink”).

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʲa(h)/[1]
  • Homophone: meá (some pronunciations)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish methaid (“to degenerate”).[2]

Verb

meath (present analytic meathann, future analytic meathfaidh, verbal noun meath, past participle meata)

  1. (intransitive) decline, decay, fail, deteriorate
  2. (transitive) waste, fritter away
Conjugation
conjugation of meath (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun meath
past participle meata
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present meathaim meathann tú;
meathair† 		meathann sé, sí meathaimid meathann sibh meathann siad;
meathaid† 		a mheathann; a mheathas /
a meathann* 		meatar
past mheath mé; mheathas mheath tú; mheathais mheath sé, sí mheathamar; mheath muid mheath sibh; mheathabhair mheath siad; mheathadar a mheath /
ar mheath* 		meathadh
past habitual mheathainn / meathainn‡‡ mheatá / meatᇇ mheathadh sé, sí / meathadh sé, s퇇 mheathaimis; mheathadh muid / meathaimis‡‡; meathadh muid‡‡ mheathadh sibh / meathadh sibh‡‡ mheathaidís; mheathadh siad / meathaidís‡‡; meathadh siad‡‡ a mheathadh /
a meathadh* 		mheataí / meata퇇
future meathfaidh mé;
meathfad 		meathfaidh tú;
meathfair† 		meathfaidh sé, sí meathfaimid;
meathfaidh muid 		meathfaidh sibh meathfaidh siad;
meathfaid† 		a mheathfaidh; a mheathfas /
a meathfaidh* 		meathfar
conditional mheathfainn / meathfainn‡‡ mheathfá / meathfᇇ mheathfadh sé, sí / meathfadh sé, s퇇 mheathfaimis; mheathfadh muid / meathfaimis‡‡; meathfadh muid‡‡ mheathfadh sibh / meathfadh sibh‡‡ mheathfaidís; mheathfadh siad / meathfaidís‡‡; meathfadh siad‡‡ a mheathfadh /
a meathfadh* 		mheathfaí / meathfa퇇
subjunctive
present go meatha mé;
go meathad† 		go meatha tú;
go meathair† 		go meatha sé, sí go meathaimid;
go meatha muid 		go meatha sibh go meatha siad;
go meathaid† 		— go meatar
past dá meathainn dá meatá dá meathadh sé, sí dá meathaimis;
dá meathadh muid 		dá meathadh sibh dá meathaidís;
dá meathadh siad 		— dá meataí
imperative
– meathaim meath meathadh sé, sí meathaimis meathaigí;
meathaidh† 		meathaidís — meatar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

From Old Irish meth (“decay”).[3]

Noun

meath m (genitive singular meatha)

  1. verbal noun of meath
  2. decline, decay, decadence; failure
Declension
Declension of meath (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative meath
vocative a mheath
genitive meatha
dative meath
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an meath
genitive an mheatha
dative leis an meath
don mheath
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • aghaidh mheata (“pale, thin, face”)
  • croí meata (“faint, craven, heart”)
  • gníomh meata (“cowardly, dastardly, deed”)
  • meath na seanaoise (“senile decay”)
  • meath uirbeach (“urban blight”)

Etymology 3

Noun

meath m (genitive singular meath)

  1. alternative form of meá (“balance, scales; weight, measure; equivalent; equal, match; estimation, judgment; measure, expedient”)
Declension
Declension of meath (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative meath
vocative a mheath
genitive meath
dative meath
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an meath
genitive an mheath
dative leis an meath
don mheath

Mutation

Mutated forms of meath
radical lenition eclipsis
meath mheath not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 105
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “methaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “meth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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